A Sunday night transformer fire near the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge closed Ocean Avenue’s northbound lanes from the bridge to the Highlands Bridge for repairs.
Continue reading Sea Bright Transformer Fire, Water Main Break Close Ocean Avenue 
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity continues this week with new roadway and channel travel alerts. The work schedule remains from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, through Friday.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Roadway & Channel Travel Alerts 
Construction of the new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge remains on the same 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. work schedule through Friday, weather permitting. The major alert for waterborne travel is that the full channel closure is in effect this week through Friday; and, there will be temporary traffic shifts in Sea Bright.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Channel Closure and Traffic Alert Updates 
Sometimes ya just have to go clubbing … in Sea Bright … before the age of 10.
After all, what good Rumson kid didn’t? Not many, if any. And back in the summer of ’69, little Claire Hurd was one who went clubbing … to Sea Bright Beach Club, of course, with the best of them. It was just the way Rumsonites rolled in the summer. Still do.
Continue reading Retro Sea Bright Beach Clubbing Summer is heating up again and so are weekend DWI checkpoints. There will be two in the Rumson-Fair Haven area this weekend, the Monmouth County DWI Task Force announced.
Continue reading Two DWI Checkpoints Set for Weekend; Start Friday Night Rumson police have advised that …
Due to a water main break at the Goose Neck Bridge on the Oceanport side heading toward Little Silver, Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver is will be closed for the next 10 hours.
Because of the road closure, traffic delays are expected on Rumson Road and into Sea Bright on Ocean Avenue, which will be where traffic is detoured, during the Seven Bridges Road closure.
Please plan your travel accordingly.
In this week’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement travel advisory for the area, Monmouth County officials are alerting drivers that they should allow for extra travel time from Monday through Friday, noting the hours of 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday.
Continue reading Weekly Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AdvisoryThere will be a DWI checkpoint on Friday night in Sea Bright that will be run earlier than the usual checkpoint hours.
There will be a DWI checkpoint in Deal Saturday night through early Sunday morning.
The Monmouth County DWI Task force will have the checkpoint set up at the Deal Casino parking lot on Ocean Avenue in Deal from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., pulling vehicles from northbound lanes into the lot to check drivers’ sobriety, Monmouth County DWI Task Force Coordinator and Brielle Police Chief Michael W. Palmer said.
By Elaine Van Develde
The Nor’easter remnants have hit the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
And, as predicted and history has shown, the combination of torrential rains, wind and high tides have produced some flooding on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright and into the low-lying West Park section of Rumson.
In Rumson, Mayor John Ekdahl said in the late morning that “tides are running three feet above normal and is over the bulkhead in parts of West Park and Sea Bright.”
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